Columbia Business School Executive Education in partnership with the Institute for Personal Leadership (IPL) now offers you a unique opportunity to take Columbia Business School Executive Education's popular program on Personal Leadership virtually with Professor Hitendra Wadhwa - without leaving your home or your office.

Participants of Personal Leadership (Online) receive a Certificate of Completion from Columbia Business School.

Online Learning

Personal Leadership (Online) provides a number of learning benefits: Each week, Each module has around 60 min of video lecture-content, and 30 min of reflections and group discussion. There are also rich opportunities to connect, share, discuss and practice with other participants. And participants get the opportunity to join the faculty in live webcasts to engage in a discussion about participants’ experience, ideas, and questions.

Program Design

The program runs for 10-12 weeks. Participants get to go through 2-3 modules each week. Each module has around 30-40 min of core lecture-content, another 30-40 min of optional lecture content, and 30-40 min of reflections and group discussion. There are also rich opportunities to connect, share, discuss and practice with other participants. All participants get a chance to join the faculty in live webinars where there is a lively discussion about participants’ experience, ideas, and questions.

Personal Leadership (Online) is offered in two versions.

• The Essentials Edition gives you a strong foundation in the Five Pillars of Personal Leadership: Purpose, Wisdom, Self-Awareness, Love and Growth. You will walk away with practical insights and techniques you can implement in your professional and personal life along each of these five pillars.

• The Executive Edition is designed for professionals who are keen to use Personal Leadership skills to improve their impact as leaders at work and in their community. It provides the same content as the Essentials Edition, and supplements this with additional faculty-led webcasts and video-lecture modules focused on workplace/leadership topics and a one-on-one coaching session from faculty on how you can use Personal Leadership to meet your specific workplace challenges and aspirations.

PERSONAL LEADERSHIP (ONLINE): ESSENTIALS EDITION

TUITION: $989

Expected June 5, 2013 - August 14, 2013

Expected September 10, 2013 - November 19, 2013

• 18+ hours of self-paced, high-quality video lectures and interactive exercises
• 10-week journey with 3 hours of content and exercises per week - you can choose when in the week you invest this time
• Two live webcasts with faculty-led Q&A/discussion: "My Learning Goals", and "Making Personal Leadership A Reality"
• Opportunities for online interaction and relationship-building with other participants
• Access to the IPL (Institute for Personal Leadership) toolbox - assessment tools, templates, techniques and fact-base (science, great leader studies)
• Certificate of Completion from Columbia Business School Executive Education & the Institute for Personal Leadership

PERSONAL LEADERSHIP (ONLINE): EXECUTIVE EDITION

TUITION: $2489

Expected June 5, 2013 - August 28, 2013

Expected September 10, 2013 - December 03, 2013

Everything you get in the Essentials Edition, plus:

• 6+ hours of additional self-paced high-quality video lectures, interactive exercises and webcasts focused on strengthening your Leadership skills. e.g., "My Critical Leadership Challenge", "Practicing Mindsets to Maximize our Impact as Leaders", "Choosing between an Inner and an Outer Scorecard", and "Understanding the Different Styles of Leadership"
• Two one-on-one coaching sessions with an IPL (Institute for Personal Leadership) coach to help you create a personal development plan by leveraging Personal Leadership techniques and tools to address your specific workplace challenges and aspirations